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"Time to Stop the Violence"

 

A woman was referred to a NWLS office for help with a Protection from Abuse (PFA) order.  She and her five children had fled her marital home in another state because of longstanding and severe physical, emotional and sexual abuse of her and her children that led to her two oldest children being institutionalized for psychiatric care.  Our client’s PFA was due to expire in February 2004.  Her husband had numerous violations of the “no contact” order in the original PFA, and he expressed his intention to resume contact with his children when the order expired.  A Blossom Project attorney represented our client in her successful motion to renew the PFA order for an additional six months, time that she used to begin divorce proceedings.  
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